The President of the State School Teachers Union, Anne Gisborne (file).

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WA school teachers are on the verge of launching their biggest industrial campaign in six years in response to the State Government's education cuts.

The State School Teachers' Union has given the government until September 6 to reverse the cuts, which include 500 job losses, a freeze on new teachers and a 30 per cent reduction in specialist program funding.

Union President Anne Gisborne said if it refuses, teachers will push ahead with industrial action which could include strikes and stop work rallies.

"If we do not see a response by this government of that demand we will then be considering taking industrial action in the weeks to come," she said.

"This to us is something that is cutting so deeply in to the provision of quality public education for the children in our schools."

But the Premier says educators have got it wrong, saying it is not a funding cut but a reallocation of staff across the state's 800 public schools.

"We are allocating the staffing and the funding to where the student population growth is greatest so some schools will lose staff but others will gain staff," he said.